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There are often situations where goods exported from a country are returned for various reasons. Therefore, countries have special regulations on returned goods which provide for relief from … duties and possibly other import taxes. In this article, we overview regulations in the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine, Mexico and the United States.

News in international trade in September at a glance: 2022 duty rates on imports from the EU; new safeguard and anti-dumping measures were established on imports of cement, wires and cables; … new safeguard and anti-dumping investigations on imports of PVC profile and PVC windowsill boards, aluminum ladders, seamless cold-drawn and cold-rolled pipes; e-service for submitting an application for AEO authorization.

Š.m. rugsėjo 9 d. įsigaliojo Reglamentas (ES) Nr. 2021/821 nustatantis Sąjungos dvejopo naudojimo prekių kontrolės režimą ir panaikintas „senasis“ Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 428/2009. Kas pasikeitė? … Į ką svarbu atkreipti dėmesį verslui? Kalbamės su Rolandu Jurgaičiu, Muitinės departamento Muitinės procedūrų skyriaus vyresniuoju patarėju.

Lietuvos įmonė Taivane įsigijo tam tikrų pieno gaminių, kuriuos nori išleisti į laisvą apyvartą ES. Tačiau atgabentą krovinį Klaipėdos uoste sulaiko Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba. … Gaminių įvežti į ES neleidžiama, nes Taivanas nėra suderinęs likučių plano. Importuotojui nurodoma grąžinti prekę į eksporto šalį arba ją sunaikinti. Kas yra „likučių planas“ ir kaip verslui nepapulti į tokias situacijas?

We often do not even think that the wood packaging material (WPM) used in trade to support, strengthen, and transport any production can pose any threat. However, there is a huge threat. Pests … can spread with WPM. These harmful organisms do not choose - parks, private gardens, private yards with cultivated vegetation, or forest. Once in the country and under the right conditions, pests spread very quickly, and it is extremely difficult to eradicate them. The fight against already existing pests causes severe economic, emotional damage by cutting down and destroying all trees that are infected, regardless of where they grow and the value they have.

The best way to consolidate knowledge is repetition. Especially when one day of the conference is so rich in knowledge that, as one participant in the conference joked, “it doesn't fit in your … head anymore.” So, we invite you to recall the topics and some of their aspects discussed at the 4th Customs Practitioners Conference in June. We also provide links to the conference records available for purchase (members of the Customs Practitioners Association are free of charge, see the benefits and conditions of membership) [1] and articles published by some speakers after the conference. Please note that the Customs Practitioners Association is preparing for the 5th Customs Practitioners Conference, which will take place on 2 December in Kaunas and online. We invite you to propose topics, raise questions and, of course, participate! More information will be published soon in www.lcpa.lt, contacts: info@lcpa.lt

Editorial word. We keep hearing stories of products, such as massage chairs, plush toys, 'stuck' in customs and not allowed into the EU market due to incorrect or non-existent CE marking. What … should be known to EU importers to prevent such situations? Mr. Arvydas Naina, Head of the Market Surveillance Planning and Risk Assessment Division, State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA), Lithuania, kindly agreed to answer related questions.

Editorial word. The website of the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA), Lithuania contains numerous reports of prohibited products to be placed on the market, for example, due … to the risk of injury, it is prohibited to place a scooter from China on the market (see picture below). Therefore, importers seeking the smooth release of goods for free circulation need to be certain of the product's compliance with EU safety requirements. Mr. Arvydas Naina, Head of the Market Surveillance Planning and Risk Assessment Division, SCRPA, kindly agreed to answer questions on the topic.

News at a glance: registration of non-residents at the customs office of Ukraine; criminalization of smuggling: the first step done for adoption; the government regulated the monitoring procedure … of the compliance of AEO in Ukraine; safeguard regarding import of the ceramic tiles was terminated.

Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 was published in the OJEU L 206 of 11 June 2021. This regulation recasts and repeals regulation 428/2009 … on dual-use items (items designed for civilian purposes but which may have both civilian and military use). It will be applicable as of September 9, 2021. While the amendments do not change the fundamental principles of the control of trade or the general scheme of the Regulation, they will nevertheless result in some changes to the current "rules of the game". The changes are briefly outlined here and concern primarily new or revised definitions.

Semi-annual reports to the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) usually involve a time-consuming process. BAFA, therefore, offers a free interface with the ELAN-K2 … export system for the automated transmission of data. But how does this work and what does XML, API and ERP mean?

Skaitytojos klausimas: „Kaip operatyviai gauti atsakymą į pateiktą užklausą iš Valstybinės maisto ir veterinarijos tarnybos?“. Į šį ir keletą kitų mūsų papildomai užduotų klausimų (dėl užklausų … teikimo būdų, atsakymų juridinės galios ir kt.) maloniai sutiko atsakyti Jolita Mačiulytė, Valstybinės maisto ir veterinarijos tarnybos vyriausioji patarėja.

Dažnas juridinis ar fizinis asmuo eksportuodamas ar importuodamas tam tikrus žemės ūkio produktus susiduria su sunkumais muitinėje, nes neturi reikiamų licencijų ir nepateikia apie jas informacijos … muitinės deklaracijoje. Svarbu iš anksto, dar prieš deklaruojant produktus muitinei, pasidomėti, ar nebus privaloma pateikti eksporto (toliau – AGREX) ar importo (toliau – AGRIM) licencijos.

Customs valuation of goods imported into Ukraine is one of the most challenging stages of cross-border trade operations. It is relatively easy to determine the customs value of goods; however, … it is almost impossible to convince the customs that the value is accurate and based on the actual price. Hence, there are many court appeals against customs decisions to adjust the customs value. The statistics of court proceedings on such cases are not in favour of customs. Thus, in cases involving Ukrainian customs, 80% (2330 out of 2917 considered over 11 months of 2020) of court decisions were made in favour of plaintiffs (importers, declarants, etc.).

One of the conditions of a trade agreement is that goods must travel directly between the signatory countries. How is the direct transport rule enforced in practice? This article provides an … overview of the answers based on the experience of local practitioners from Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ukraine, Mexico, and Vietnam.

Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (VMVT) informuoja, kad jau nuo šių metų balandžio 21 dienos keičiasi reikalavimai iš trečiųjų šalių į Europos Sąjungos (ES) teritoriją įvežamiems sudėtiniams … produktams. Visi sudėtiniai produktai, kurių sudėtyje nėra mėsos ir kuriems yra taikomas temperatūrinis režimas, galės būti įvežami tik su veterinarijos sertifikatu.